Sustainable Energy for All Safeguarding Policy

The Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Safeguarding Policy, approved on September 30, 2020, establishes a framework to prevent and respond to harm, abuse, and neglect involving children, young people, and vulnerable adults. The policy mandates a zero-tolerance approach to exploitation and outlines specific responsibilities for staff, leadership, and partners to ensure the safety of individuals interacting with the organization's operations and programmes.

• SEforALL defines safeguarding as the protection of health, wellbeing, and human rights to ensure people live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. This includes a specific commitment to the rights of children as outlined in Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
• The policy applies to all individuals working for or on behalf of SEforALL, including paid and unpaid staff, consultants, interns, secondees, junior professional officers (JPOs), volunteers, Ambassadors, and Administrative Board members. It also extends to funded partners who do not have their own safeguarding policy.
• SEforALL identifies several types of harm that may occur, including financial, physical, psychological, and sexual harm, as well as neglect and the abuse of authority or power.
• To prevent harm, the organization implements a 'Two adults principle,' requiring that staff or representatives are never alone with a child or vulnerable adult and that two adults are present with any group of such individuals at all times.
• The policy establishes a clear reporting hierarchy for safeguarding concerns. Reports should primarily be sent to the Compliance Officer; if the Compliance Officer is involved or biased, reports go to the Chief of Staff, then the CEO, and finally a member of the Administrative Board.
• SEforALL commits to a zero-tolerance policy regarding the abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. Breaches of the policy are treated as disciplinary matters and may lead to immediate contract termination, withdrawal of volunteer status, or reporting to police and regulatory authorities.
• The organization mandates strict protocols for the use of images and information of vulnerable persons, requiring full voluntary informed consent and the removal of identifying data from images and text to protect the individuals' care and protection.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2020). Sustainable Energy for All Safeguarding Policy. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2020-11/Safeguarding-Policy-SEforALL.pdf

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. Sustainable Energy for All Safeguarding Policy. 2020. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2020-11/Safeguarding-Policy-SEforALL.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2020sustainable, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{Sustainable Energy for All Safeguarding Policy}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2020-11/Safeguarding-Policy-SEforALL.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }